Cyrus CLINE

(1856-1923)

CLINE, Cyrus, a
Representative from Indiana; born near Mansfield, Richland County,
Ohio, July 12, 1856; moved to Steuben County, Ind., in 1858 with
his parents, who settled near Angola; attended the Angola High
School, and was graduated from Hillsdale College, Michigan, in
1876; superintendent of the schools of Steuben County 1877-1883;
studied law; was admitted to the bar and began practice in Angola,
Ind., in 1884; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the
three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1917);
chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings
(Sixty-second Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1916; resumed the practice of law in Angola, Ind., and died there
on October 5, 1923; interment in Circle Hill Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present